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Is. but let me read you what they say is in those e-mails. the e-mail sent to the shooter is "try an a.r. before you buy. we have a huge selection located in the las vegas area." then sends back to him later on that day says "we have a wide variety of optics and ammunition to try" and talks about trying out a bump stock. that is the device that makes a gun very close to an automatic weapon. it works very similar to an automatic weapon. those are revelations. and it does seem odd that he would be...

Or whether it belongs to someone else, and they are very clear in saying if it belongs to someone else we need to find out who it is. but let me read you what they say is in those e-mails. the e-mail sent to the shooter is "try an a.r. before you buy. we have a huge selection located in the las vegas area." then sends back to him later on that day says "we have a wide variety of optics and ammunition to try" and talks about trying out a bump stock. that is the device that makes a gun very close ...

In this case, that would be the compound as well as the cia annex, and the discharging and carrying of an automatic weapon. this is a major setback for the government, because he was portrayed as someone who is so central to the attack that killed those four americans. there is really two big issues the prosecution had to try and overcome. one, they relied very heavily on a paid informant to track down -- he was paid $7 million for that and to provide testimony as the defense said, he clearly ha...

Clever end-around. they can sell these after market modifications called bump stocks that turn a semiautomatic an automatic weapon. we should pass legislation tomorrow reaffirming the ban on automatic weapons. youre right, law enforcement and military leaders are amongst the biggest champions of banning assault weapons because theyve seen what they do in war and know you dont need them to hunt, to shoot for sport, you frankly dont need them to protect yourself in your house. so if we can build a...

Can you imagine in charleston that not being more inflammatory? those people of all color and backgrounds came together because they had been working on i for years. >> look, we see this. we see humanity after the fact. it would be nice to see this before the fact. one last thing, bump stocks, all the outcry about bump stocks. whats congress doing about that? >> senator feinsteins had a bill. its going through the process in judiciary, as i understand it. well see how that goes. frankly, i didnt...

>> this is the second year in a row where the mortality rate of gun death rose in the united states, according to the center for disease control. when does this become a public health emergency? >> i think it is a public health emergency. its sad to say, before yesterdays shooting i was having a conversation with a few colleagues after the las vegas shooting, and everything in this conversation was frustrated that nothing has been happening in congress. not even doing something about the bump st...

Medi post made days before the attack which appears to show a semi automatic weapon. what questions do you have tonight? >> that is certainly one of them, looking into what the activity was online. the fbi is going to be pouring through all the social media as well as communications, talking to neighbors and friends and family members. ive said this many times before after an incident like this, human beings dont exist in the vacuum. most have contact with other individuals whether its family, f...

Dead and we know dozens more are injured including perhaps families, children. james, knowing these kinds of numbers of victims, what does that tell you about the weapon or weapons that were used? >> i had been listening to a number of conflicting reports. not being privy to the crime scene right now and what is being determined from actually harvesting forensic evidence because all ballistics will be studied and shell casings in concert with fbi and locals are doing that. i heard some people sa...

Inside one of the church services, not the one from today, where this horrible shooting took place but this is inside first baptist church in sutherland springs, texas. kaylee, we are hearing from witnesses. what are you learning about this community and what happened there today? >> reporter: incredibly tight knit community, ana. as you can see from last weekends church services, this is a community of friends and neighbors. so much concern from those in the community today that they can only i...

Ownership rights in some form or fashion, perhaps the bump stock has already subsided? >> i think there is a willingness to take on the narrow issue of bump stocks was delighted to take a semi automatic weapon and turn it into an automatic weapon. i do think youre seeing the same type to play out here. thoughts and prayers from congress, a little nibble of interest at legislative action in them with the back to the status quo. i just think that we cant continue to pretend that current dues and l...